Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-06-22
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Monday and yesterday.
Mixed paints, warranted not 20 crack
or scale, at Southworth's. AZ
Uncle Billy Mills and family will
leave to-day for Texas and Colorado.
Smoked meats, bologna sausage, and
every variety Of fresh meats, at Z. T.
Mobiles. AZ
NJ. L. Hitchcock is now occupying
the Office recently vacated by the
INDEX.
The corn crop Of Barber county is
better this year than in any county in
Kansas.
The best beef to be had In town is at
the Central meat market, opposite LIST
National bank. 4
DIR. Davis is raising a bloodhound
that promises to exterminate the entire
breed Of coyotes.
Two car loads Of the celebrated Har-
per flour sold every month, by Standi-
ford, YOumans Il Eldred. So
Car load Michigan fine and dairy salt
just received, and going at Wholesale
and retail, at Is. X. Herrington's. 2t2
Judge McCandless reached home
Monday, from Wichita, where he had
been for several days on legal business.
III. II. Case, the present railroad
agent at this place Is an owner of Bar
Der county real estate, he having al
ready proved up a CLAIM here.
Paint your house with ready-mixed
paints, the best in the market, warrant
ed not to crack or scale. Sold only 10y
SOuthwOrth, Medicine Lodge. AZ
Yesterday was the first day Of sum-
mer, according to the almanac. The
last day of spring was warm enough
for ordinary use, the thermometer hav-
ing reached lOl.
Wichita does not buy groceries any
cheaper than Stamford, Youmans s.
Eldred buy. They are now making q
speciality Of jobblng, and are supplying
a majority of the small stores in the
county. SO
Prof. J. NJ. DeLisle, of Upton. Mont
teau county, Mo-, has located here in
the real estate business and formed q
partnership with G. G.. TaliaferrO. Mr..
DeLisle Is a gentleman who will make
friends in any community, and he is
welcomed here as a citizen.
Some kind of a snide show has billed
this city; but lnasmuch as it has failed
to find the newspaper offices, the prob
ability is that 1t has some kind OF dark
record that it does not want exposed.
Steer clear of such outfits. The show
that is too small to advertise, is also
too small to deserve patronage.
Chas. B. Currie, of this city, shipped
from Sharon, last Sunday, Car loads
Of fat steers, threes and tours, that he
had been feeding at Bross since last
fall also two car loads of hogs. lie
calculated that the steers would aver
age l 400. lie has $50 hogs at Bross
yet that he will ship later in the season.
The crops are assured, and Standi-
ford, Youmans IL Eldred report an in
creased trade in every branch of their
extensive establishment. They are
placing orders for nearly a carload Of
merchandise every week, and always
have something fresh to show their Gus
toners. They handle the best of every
thing. 3
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK is MA
KING FARM LOANS ON BETTER TERMS
FOR TIE BORROWER THAN CAN BE OF
FERED ELSEWHERE. ALL INTEREST
is PAYABLE At THEIR OFFICE, THUS
SAVING EXPENSE OF RENTING PIE
MONEY. CONSULT YOUR OWN INTEREST
by CALLING on THEM BEFORE CON-
TRACING FOR A LOAN ON YOUR FARM.
Kiowa Herald: County Surveyor
Hill, of Medicine Lodge, was in the
city on Thursday last, an enthusiastic
admirer Of Kiowa's growth and pros
perity. We hadn't met the gentleman
since the early stages of his honeymoon,
and as consequence, we had great diff
ficulty in recognizing him. So great
was the change wrought in his avoirde-
pois."
Mr.. A. S. McClearey, Of this city, will
be married at Hazelton. tomorrow, to
Miss Anna Nelson. The INDEX is
proud of "Retie." Five years ago, this
month, he started in to "learn the
trade" in this Office, and for a long time
he was a main-stay of the Office. Since
then he has become a merchant and to-
morrow he will be family man. May
good luck follow him.
1t will be al accommodation to the
chairman of the democratic central
committee If the democrats of Elm
Mills, Roundup, Aetna and Sharon,
will meet and select committeeman to
ill vacancies that now exist. til i'm
portant that these vacancies be filed
before the township primaries be held,
as the committeeman are the only
ones authorized to designate the time
and place for the township primaries.
The case of the state against Harris
Plotkins was tried by jury last week
and resulted in a verdict of guilty OF
assault with intent to kill. This is the
case in which Plotkins stabbed David
F. Painter, last winter, near Sexton
postoffice. A brother Of Plotkins was
implicated, but the case against him
was dismissed on the conviction OF Har-
ris Plotkins. The supposition is that
the sentence Of the court will be that
Plotkins serve two years in the peni-
tertiary.
The people who travel the road be-
tween this place and Canema have been
disconnected by the road being closed
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